Comments for Organic Gardening Info from Peaceful Valley

Comment on A New Fruit Tree Orchard by Kalita@Peaceful Valley

Kalita@Peaceful Valley — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:34:32 +0000

Have you seen improvement in your soil? More tilth and earthworms?

Comment on A New Fruit Tree Orchard by Brent Johnson

Brent Johnson — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:02:54 +0000

Wow, that sounds very similar to what we did on our new orchard last year. We live in east Texas and have hard black clay.

Comment on Q: Crowding Out a Weed Problem with Cover Crops by Chandler

Chandler — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:49:36 +0000

Any advice on perennial weed pressure, such as bind weed or quack grass, in both a row cropping field & permanent pasture?

Comment on Q: Questions About Kiwi and Persimmon. by sia

sia — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:21:45 +0000

what’s the procedure to plant Kiwi in CA? in terms of getting permission, land, etc? can you please help? i would really appreciate that. thank you

Comment on Q: Cover Crop to Share with Chickens by Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:30:47 +0000

If your orchard area doubles as a chicken pen, you will have to pen your chickens when the seed is sprouting and during the early stages of growth. Chickens may eat the seed, and they love the sprouting seeds. Also, their scratching may destroy young seedlings.

Comment on Q: Growing flax for fiber by Mary

Mary — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:14:24 +0000

Hi. I see it’s been awhile since you first posted this, but are you still interested in info? I’ve been raising flax on and off for about 10 years (I was a textile student in college) and can tell you where I got my seed from. I can also give you some insights that I’ve picked up as I went along.

Comment on Bare-root for YOUR area! by Karl

Karl — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:43:53 +0000

Thank you very much for mentioning the different chill calculators that UC provides. My only comment is that in many cases we go back up to 14 years with the data. (I know, I wrote the program.)

Also, you can get other weather information for your location by going here: http://ceyolo.ucdavis.edu/sbdisplay/weather.cfm?county=2557 (that starts in Yolo, but all counties are listed). Click the station name for aggregate data, then click on a month for more detailed information.

Thanks-

Comment on Peaceful Valley at Eco-Farm 2010 by Pattie Boudier V.P. PVF&GS

Pattie Boudier V.P. PVF&GS — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:24:50 +0000

Best wishes for a successful and enjoyable conference. Soak it all in!!

Comment on Peaceful Valley at Eco-Farm 2010 by Grow Organic!

Grow Organic! — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:20:04 +0000

The booth looks great guys!

Comment on Go Watch Food Inc! by Mary

Mary — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:07:37 +0000

What about, “Smart Chicken,” at Briar Patch? Any comments from anyone who has tried this brand?